Cuff-holder



(No Model.) 7 J. F. ATWOOD.

CUFF HOLDER. I No. 289,057. i Patented Nov. 27, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PAT NT Grinch.

JAMES F. ATWOOD, or Bosron, assncnusnrrs.

CUFF-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,057, dated November 27, 1883,

(No model.)

To ctlZ whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JAMES F. A'rwoon, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cuff-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, Figure 1 is view in perspective of a cuffholder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the device in use, the sleeve and cuff being shown in section.

A flat piece of metal is bent into three foldsviz., the fold A, serrated on the under or inner side, and preferably growing gradually thinner toward its outer end, the fold B, and the fold G, which is made thin, so as to form a spring, and is preferably but not necessarily serrated on the surface next the fold A. A safety-pin, D, is secured by means of a perforation, d, in the shield d to an eye, E, rigidly securcd to the bend between the folds A B. A tab, H, preferably of fabric, is secured by a loop or wire, h, to the bend between the folds B O. Pivoted to the fold B is the bent cam-lever I, arranged to extend through a suitable opening in said fold and bear against the rear side of the spring 0. The outer end of the cam-lever is slightly turned up, in order that the thumbnail may reach and move it.

The operation is as follows: The safety pin D is secured to the lining K of the coat-sleeve L. The cam-lever I is raised by placing the thnmb-nailunderthe bent-up portion, and the cam portion 1 is drawn away from the spring 0, (see broken lines, Fig. 2,) so that there is ample space between said spring and the fold A. The cuff P is slid into said space, as shown in Fig. 3, and the can1-lever I drawn or pushed down into the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the cam portion I forcing the spring 0 against the cuff, which is thus held tightly between the two serrated surfaces of the spring and fold A- By pulling slightly on the tab H the device is firmly held while the cuff is being pushed into position.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described improved cuff-holder, consisting, essentially, of the metallic piece formed into the three folds or layers A B C, the fold 0 extending between the folds A B by being bent inwardly, and made relatively thin, the cam-lever I 1, pivoted to the outer fold, B, and bearing against the inner fold, 0, whereby the said fold 0 maybe forced toward the fold A, and means for attaching the said metallic piece to the lining of a coat or the shirt-sleeve, substantially as set forth.

' JAMES F. ATWOOD.

XVitnesses:

HENRY W. XVILLIAirs, Josnrrr Isrrnancn. 

